The Broward School Board Is Meeting... Who Knew?

November 30, 2009|Posted by Akilah Johnson on November 30, 2009 10:23 AM

The Broward School Board is meeting this morning at Taravella High School in Coral Springs to discuss the measure being pushed by the district to change the way the school system measures classroom space.

Apparently, this morning's meeting, which started at 9:30 a.m., was called last minute and doesn?t appear on the district?s Web site or the School Board?s calendar. UPDATE: They just added the notices about today's meeting to the district site.

Changes to the plan, called the interlocal agreement, would measure classroom space by using eight geographic regions rather than individual schools. The county and its cities must agree to the change. So far, Davie, Dania Beach and Cooper City voted to approve the measure. Lauderdale Lakes and Pompano Beach voted against it.

District officials and some cities are pushing the change the stave off a series of boundary changes that would bus thousands of students from one side of the county to the next. In the coming year, only Pioneer Middle School in Cooper City is scheduled to see significant boundary changes but district maps show scenarios in which thousands of students are moved out of overcrowded western schools into less-crowded schools starting in the 2011-12 school year.

Here?s the agenda from today?s last-minute meeting: Current condition of the interlocal agreement and the impact to school boundaries Proposed conditions of the interlocal agreement and the impact to school boundaries Other factors contributing to school boundary changes Pros and Cons for proposed change Process to change the agreement

There's also a second meeting that starts at 12:30 p.m. between the board and the Broward delegation. Topics of discussion for that session, which also doesn't appear on the district Web site or Board's calendar, include budget issues, the class-size amendment, technology, and maintenance.